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Donald Trump Reports He’s Getting Rich as President

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Donald Trump Reports He’s Getting Rich as President

The president’s submission to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics claims tens of millions of dollars in income from his real-estate empire.....

MATT FORD JUN 16, 2017

President Trump says he’s received tens of millions of dollars in income from the golf courses and resorts whose profile he boosted during frequent visits since taking office, according to filings released Friday by the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.
The 98 pages of financial disclosures offer a partial snapshot of Trump’s income and assets from January 2016 to April this year, as well as indications he’s reaped at least a partial windfall since his most recent filing with the Federal Election Commission last year. Properties that Trump frequently visited as president saw the largest boost in income. Trump claimed more than $37 million in income from Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach County resort in Florida he described as his “Winter White House,” as well as $20 million in income from the nearby golf club he owns in Jupiter, Florida. His claimed Mar-a-Lago income rose rapidly since his last two financial disclosures with the FEC: Trump reported more than $15 million in income from the resort in the 2015 report, followed by $29 million in the 2016 version. Golfing and vacationing are bipartisan presidential traditions, as are the partisan critiques of the presidents who partake in them. But Trump has taken his leisure time to new levels both in volume and location. A May 5 analysis by The Washington Post found that Trump visited at least one of the properties he owned in 36 of his first 108 days in office, or one-third of his presidency to that time. The trips include almost weekly visits to Mar-a-Lago and his Florida properties, where he mingles with guests and club members as well as hosts foreign dignitaries.
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Conflict-of-interest at its most obvious. Besides the hefty increase in Mar-a-Lago profit, Trump also benefited from millions of dollars in free global advertising with every visit to his Florida properties.


Additional: Donald Trump Earned a Lot More Money From Mar-a-Lago This Year

This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: Serious gifts to the Trump family
 
He had over a billion in assets and hundreds of millions in debt, so there's a very real possibility that he wasn't solvent before the election. But now? That's probably being solved speedily and handily. Which of course is the point.
 
Rogue Valley said:
Donald Trump Reports He’s Getting Rich as President

The president’s submission to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics claims tens of millions of dollars in income from his real-estate empire.....



Conflict-of-interest at its most obvious. Besides the hefty increase in Mar-a-Lago profit, Trump also benefited from millions of dollars in free global advertising with every visit to his Florida properties.


Additional: Donald Trump Earned a Lot More Money From Mar-a-Lago This Year

This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: Serious gifts to the Trump family
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When you raise the club fee from $100,000 to $200,000 after you become president the intent is quite obvious.
 
We didn't here a word from leftists when Globalist Granny was running around the world making 10's of millions peddling influence as Sec. of State. All of a sudden DJT is supposed to stop being a billionaire because he's president.
 
DamnYankee said:
We didn't here a word from leftists when Globalist Granny was running around the world making 10's of millions peddling influence as Sec. of State. All of a sudden DJT is supposed to stop being a billionaire because he's president.
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not relevant
 
Carleen said:
When you raise the club fee from $100,000 to $200,000 after you become president the intent is quite obvious.
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Which is to make more money. If a company knows a situation will raise their profits exactly why wouldn't they take advantage of it?
 
Henrin said:
Which is to make more money. If a company knows a situation will raise their profits exactly why wouldn't they take advantage of it?
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Because he is the president and has not divested himself from his businesses. I think that is going to be investigated also.
 
Carleen said:
Because he is the president and has not divested himself from his businesses. I think that is going to be investigated also.
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Why should he?
 
DamnYankee said:
We didn't here a word from leftists when Globalist Granny was running around the world making 10's of millions peddling influence as Sec. of State. All of a sudden DJT is supposed to stop being a billionaire because he's president.
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The leftists didn't say anything, but the right sure did. They said a lot and wouldn't let it go (as you can see by your own post). However, the right are strangely mum about Trump; except to divert attention back to Hillary (Who lost the election months ago, but strangely still the topic of discussion).

You need to choose. Are both parties dirty, or are both parties clean? You can't call foul while your party is doing the same thing. I mean you can, but you don't fool anybody.
 
katzgar said:
not relevant
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Exactly. People are trying to compare the actions of a president to the actions of an individual who failed. The comparisons were great when the two were just to candidates running against each other, but now it's apples and oranges. One is the leader of the free world, and the other is now a has-been.
 
ModerateRN said:
Exactly. People are trying to compare the actions of a president to the actions of an individual who failed. The comparisons were great when the two were just to candidates running against each other, but now it's apples and oranges. One is the leader of the free world, and the other is now a has-been.
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You are correct pointless but still correct
 
Well with a good running business, you can hire a manager and rake off from the cash flow in abstencia - Something the rent seeking clad in Washington don't understand.

That's how Obama kept the US economy in the ditch for so long.
 
Cardinal said:
He had over a billion in assets and hundreds of millions in debt, so there's a very real possibility that he wasn't solvent before the election. But now? That's probably being solved speedily and handily. Which of course is the point.
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Envious, huh.
 
ModerateRN said:
The leftists didn't say anything, but the right sure did. They said a lot and wouldn't let it go (as you can see by your own post). However, the right are strangely mum about Trump; except to divert attention back to Hillary (Who lost the election months ago, but strangely still the topic of discussion).

You need to choose. Are both parties dirty, or are both parties clean? You can't call foul while your party is doing the same thing. I mean you can, but you don't fool anybody.
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Well with a good running business, you can hire a manager and rake off from the cash flow in abstencia - Something the rent seeking crowd in Washington doesn't understand.

That's how Obama kept the US economy in the ditch for so long.
 
joG said:
Envious, huh.
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The projection here is telling. It tells me that every time Republicans condemned Hillary Clinton for making millions off of book deals and speaking engagements, they were personally seething that nobody wanted to pay them for what they had to say. From the quality of their posts on this forum, that's not especially surprising.
 
How much money did Obama get from his books while President? I don't recall him suspending sales until after he left office.


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Rogue Valley said:
Donald Trump Reports He’s Getting Rich as President

The president’s submission to the U.S. Office of Government Ethics claims tens of millions of dollars in income from his real-estate empire.....



Conflict-of-interest at its most obvious. Besides the hefty increase in Mar-a-Lago profit, Trump also benefited from millions of dollars in free global advertising with every visit to his Florida properties.


Additional: Donald Trump Earned a Lot More Money From Mar-a-Lago This Year

This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: Serious gifts to the Trump family
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And Warren Buffett gets rich taking a dump. What's your point?
 
Aberration said:
How much money did Obama get from his books while President? I don't recall him suspending sales until after he left office.


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Since you don't know what quid pro quo is, you're obviously confused by how conflicts of interest actually work.
 
ModerateRN said:
The leftists didn't say anything, but the right sure did. They said a lot and wouldn't let it go (as you can see by your own post). However, the right are strangely mum about Trump; except to divert attention back to Hillary (Who lost the election months ago, but strangely still the topic of discussion).

You need to choose. Are both parties dirty, or are both parties clean? You can't call foul while your party is doing the same thing. I mean you can, but you don't fool anybody.
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I was merely pointing out the double standard. Which isn't very surprising, that's how the left rolls.

I've said plenty of times, politicians are corrupt as hell. So, is DJT supposed to suddenly stop being president because he's rich? Or has various businesses? The leftists sure didn't seem to think squat about Globalist Granny peddling influence.

Maybe your comment ought to be directed to leftists?
 
DamnYankee said:
I was merely pointing out the double standard. Which isn't very surprising, that's how the left rolls.

I've said plenty of times, politicians are corrupt as hell.
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Bad people are corrupt as hell. That there are corrupt politicians isn't reason to excuse, let alone facilitate, corruption.

DamnYankee said:
So, is DJT supposed to suddenly stop being president because he's rich? Or has various businesses?

leftists sure didn't seem to think squat about Globalist Granny peddling influence.

Maybe your comment ought to be directed to leftists?
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Do you actually understand the principle behind conflicts of interest?
 
DamnYankee said:
I was merely pointing out the double standard. Which isn't very surprising, that's how the left rolls.

I've said plenty of times, politicians are corrupt as hell. So, is DJT supposed to suddenly stop being president because he's rich? Or has various businesses? The leftists sure didn't seem to think squat about Globalist Granny peddling influence.

Maybe your comment ought to be directed to leftists?
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The point you're trying to smooth around is that Trump is a sleazebag
 
chuckiechan said:
where is the quid pro quo?
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That's what I'm asking. When Obama was President and making profits from his book, what was the quid pro quo? Before you answer that, first be sure to go to Wikipedia and look up "quid pro quo."
 
DamnYankee said:
We didn't here a word from leftists when Globalist Granny was running around the world making 10's of millions peddling influence as Sec. of State. All of a sudden DJT is supposed to stop being a billionaire because he's president.
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"Butbutbut Hillary...!"
 
DamnYankee said:
I was merely pointing out the double standard. Which isn't very surprising, that's how the left rolls.

I've said plenty of times, politicians are corrupt as hell. So, is DJT supposed to suddenly stop being president because he's rich? Or has various businesses? The leftists sure didn't seem to think squat about Globalist Granny peddling influence.

Maybe your comment ought to be directed to leftists?
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And to avoid a double standard, you are naturally demanding Trump be imprisoned, yes?
 
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